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Best practises employing and activization seniors

Discover the landscape of employing, activization, and volunteering of the elderly in the Czech Republic through case studies and program insights. Explore ways to harness the potential of seniors and promote active ageing.

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Best practises employing and activization seniors

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  1. 50+ Actively Best practisesemploying and activization seniors

  2. Whatandwhy? • Serching for thebest examples in employing, activization and volunteering of theelderly in EU • Motto: „Ageing of our population should not be perceived as problem. It is a challenge with great potential. We should just know how to deal with it! • How to use potential of senior citizens? • The aimof project and workshop is to share: • Knowledge and experiece • Ideas that could work • Contacts and future cooperation

  3. 50+ Actively Report fromtheCzechRepublic

  4. Situation in theCzechRepublic- Programmesfocused on employment • Lack of activities focused on employment of employeesover 50 (no special programmes for unemployed population over 50) • Czech companies – no support for older employees, no special programmes for education, no policies towards older employees • Offer of training courses by Bureaus of Labour • Case study of Liberec Bureau of labour • Offer of short-time programmefor people over 50 to assist them in finding work • Psychologicalassistance • Training for job applications, job interview, etc.

  5. Situation in theCzechRepublic- Programmesfocused on freetime • Mostly self-organized free time activities (walking, tours, knitting, etc.) • Mainly designed just for seniors • Positive effect: decrease of exclusion and isolation of theelderly, social contacts with peers • Case study – Exchange of mutual help • Potential of elderly: skills and knowledge • Reciprocity • Open for all generation • Active ageing

  6. Situation in theCzechRepublic- Programmesfocused on volunteering • Volunteeringin neighborhood • Not any special organization for elderly volunteers • Volunteering is still perceived mostly as an activity for young people or charity work • Seniors are interested in volunteering and public beneficing activities • Case study of Skauting • Contact between young and old generation – tolerance and understanding (x stereotypes) • Positive usage of skills and wisdom of elderly and their transfer to youngpeople • Active ageing

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